EAGLE RIVER BASIN

09066510 GORE CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR MINTURN, CO

(Eagle River Watershed Retrospective Assessment Program)

LOCATION.--Lat 39°36'34", long 106°26'50", in NE14NW14 sec.22, T.5 S., R.81W., Eagle County, Hydrologic Unit 14010003, on left bank 0.1 mi upstream from the confluence with Eagle River and 2 mi northwest of Minturn.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 102 mi2.

WATER-DISCHARGE RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1995 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09066510

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,730 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records good except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Diversion upstream from station for Vail water treatment plant.

Discharge, cubic feet per second 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAILY MEAN VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	31	26	e21	16	17	18	27	139	e1,960	e320	67	49
2	31	24	20	16	17	18	32	128	e1,590	e320	63	44
3	35	19	20	15	16	17	34	126	e1,270	e295	61	42
4	33	21	20	16	15	18	30	141	e1,020	e280	68	40
5	34	21	21	15	17	19	29	127	e900	e260	59	39
6	32	19	19	15	e15	19	29	115	e800	e235	54	50
7	33	21	e19	e16	e14	19	26	109	e680	e220	54	58
8	35	22	e19	e16	e14	20	25	107	e610	e210	61	59
9	33	25	e18	e17	e14	19	28	103	e674	e200	53	90
10	30	24	e18	e17	e15	19	38	101	e770	e190	49	102
11	28	23	e18	17	e15	20	55	95	e850	e180	47	101
12	26	23	e19	17	e15	22	69	105	e830	e167	46	98
13	23	27	e19	17	e16	24	74	152	e770	e135	45	114
14	23	22	20	17	16	28	104	210	e760	e125	43	92
15	22	21	18	17	16	29	113	302	e760	e120	40	77
16	22	21	17	e17	15	30	96	361	e740	e120	46	69
17	21	26	17	e17	15	31	88	484	e690	e125	86	62
18	21	20	17	e19	15	28	84	526	e670	e120	122	59
19	20	20	17	e18	14	25	74	546	e670	e113	89	55
20	19	20	e18	e18	16	23	68	552	e675	e110	67	49
21	19	20	e18	e18	16	23	71	595	e600	e107	57	45
22	19	22	e19	17	16	22	80	691	e580	104	54	43
23	24	22	e18	17	16	24	85	810	e550	99	56	41
24	24	23	e18	17	16	28	80	884	e480	90	51	39
25	22	22	e18	17	17	24	84	906	e410	85	75	37
26	21	24	e18	17	17	24	105	910	e380	98	62	36
27	25	e23	e17	17	17	24	131	1,050	e365	95	54	35
28	23	e22	18	16	18	21	139	1,380	e355	82	61	33
29	21	e22	16	16	---	19	145	1,510	e350	82	52	32
30	20	e22	16	15	---	e21	150	1,530	e330	77	54	31
31	23	---	e16	17	---	e26	---	1,560	---	70	59	---
TOTAL	793	667	567	517	440	702	2,193	16,355	22,089	4,834	1,855	1,721
MEAN	25.6	22.2	18.3	16.7	15.7	22.6	73.1	528	736	156	59.8	57.4
MAX	35	27	21	19	18	31	150	1,560	1,960	320	122	114
MIN	19	19	16	15	14	17	25	95	330	70	40	31
AC-FT	1,570	1,320	1,120	1,030	873	1,390	4,350	32,440	43,810	9,590	3,680	3,410
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1996 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	36.1	26.6	21.9	19.2	18.2	26.5	74.4	440	629	176	63.9	41.1
MAX	48.5	33.3	27.0	26.6	22.3	42.4	102	678	1,103	291	108	57.4
(WY)	(1998)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(1996)	(1996)	(1997)	(1997)	(1997)	(2003)
MIN	25.6	18.2	18.3	15.9	14.0	16.3	48.1	224	196	39.1	20.6	23.4
(WY)	(2003)	(2000)	(2003)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(1998)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)	(2002)

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR	FOR 2003 WATER YEAR	WATER YEARS 1996 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	21,260	52,733
ANNUAL MEAN	58.2	144	131
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN			194 1996
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN			58.5 2002
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	439 May 31	1,960 Jun 1	1,960 Jun 1, 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	11 Sep 2	e14 Feb 7	11 Sep 2, 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	11 Sep 1	e15 Feb 6	11 Sep 1, 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW		2,690 Jun 1	2,690 Jun 1, 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE		a10.88 Jun 1	a10.88 Jun 1, 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (AC-FT)	42,170	104,600	95,150
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	177	534	400
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	22	31	35
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14	17	18

e Estimated. a From highwater marks.